Story by Sandy Giordano – Beaver County Radio. Published May 8, 2023 11:37 A.M.

(Ambridge, PA) Residents are asked to move their vehicles the night before so streets can be swept. The borough street department has to be able to do the sweeping when the vehicles aren’t parked on the street, according to police.

Pittsburgh, PA – PennDOT district 11 is announcing inspection activities on the Sewickley Bridge (Route 4025) in Sewickley Borough and Moon Township, Allegheny County, will occur  Monday through Friday, May 8-12 weather permitting.

Single-lane alternating traffic will occur on the Sewickley Bridge from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. each day to allow crews from Mackin Engineering to conduct routine bridge inspection activities.

Motorists should allow extra time if using the bridge.

Motorists can check conditions on more than 40,000 roadway miles, including color-coded winter conditions on 2,900 miles, by visiting www.511PA.com. 511PA, which is free and available 24 hours a day, provides traffic delay warnings, weather forecasts, traffic speed information, and access to more than 1,000 traffic cameras.

The photo above gives a peak into the new WBVP studio under construction in April 2023 (Frank Sparks).
Story by Curtis Walsh – Beaver County Radio News Director. Published May 8, 2023 10:50 A.M.

(Brighton Township, PA) William V. Day, CEO of St. Barnabas Health System and President of St. Barnabas Broadcasting, joined Beaver County Radio General Manager Frank Sparks and “Teleforum” host Eddy Crow on the air Friday to make a special announcement on the future of Beaver County Radio. Mr. Day announced the WBVP & WMBA studios will move into the former Michael Baker building in Brighton Township, which St. Barnabas purchased in 2018.  He says the move to the property “gives us access to do all kinds of things”, and added the relocation is “indicative of what’s happening in Beaver County. It’s a great place to live, great place to work, great place to worship, Beaver County is a great place, if we can further enhance the attractiveness of Beaver County, we want to do it.” A grand opening of the new studios will take place on June 17th, featuring special guests and a car cruise sponsored by Pennsylvania Hot Rod Company at the new studio site located at 4301 Dutch Ridge Road in Brighton Township.
Audio of the announcement can be heard below:

The move takes place as the stations celebrate the 75th Anniversary of WBVP going on the air.  The current studios on 7th Avenue in Beaver Falls have been the home of WBVP since the late 1970s, and WMBA since 2000. WBVP’s first studio in 1948 was located in the upstairs of 1216 7th Avenue (the building where Vocelli Pizza currently is), before moving to the basement of a bank at 1400 7th Avenue in the late 1960s.  WMBA started out with a studio in the upstairs of Action Tire on Duss Avenue in Ambridge in 1957 before making a couple other moves around Ambridge prior to moving in with WBVP. The move will make history, as this will be the first time WBVP has studios that aren’t located in Beaver Falls.
First WBVP studio location seen in background (1940s/1950s):         

The image above shows a Center Township Police Cruiser at the scene of the Monaca Walmart shooting in 2022 (Keith Walsh).
Story by Beaver County Radio News Staff. Published May 8, 2023 7:28 A.M.  

(Center Township, PA) The family of Kenneth Vinyard, the man who died after a Center Township police officer tackled him while helping a shooting victim at the Monaca Walmart, has agreed to settle their lawsuit for nearly 1 million dollars.

Vinyard was said to be tackled by Officer John Hawk, resulting in him hitting his head on the ground and later dying at the hospital. The lawsuit is reportedly being settled for 950,000 dollars. No other details are available at this time.

Pastor David Grove of the Church of the Redeemed of Beaver Valley dives into the message of Psalm 37, with a focus on doing not as the evildoers of earth have done.

“Wake Up Beaver Valley” airs every Saturday morning from 9 AM to 10 AM on Beaver County Radio and is presented by the Church of The Redeemed of Beaver Valley. Archived editions of “Wake Up Beaver Valley” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

In this week’s episode of Highmark Heroes, Jim Roddey talks with Allegheny Health Network surgeon Dr. Kirsten Newhams about esophageal cancer.  Then, Mr. Roddey speaks with Eric Zahren and Melissa Brock from the Carnegie Hero Fund to discuss more tales of heroism.

“Heroes” is presented by Highmark Blue Cross/Blue Shield and the Allegheny Health Network, airing Saturdays at 10:00 AM and Sundays at 12:30 PM on Beaver County Radio. Archived editions of “Heroes” can be heard at the Beaver County Radio Podcast Library.

Mark Hamill, from right, and Billie Lourd, daughter of the late actress Carrie Fisher, pose with Fisher’s star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame alongside “Star Wars” characters C-3PO and R2-D2 during a posthumous ceremony in Los Angeles on Thursday, May 4, 2023. The day is also known as May the Fourth in tribute to the “Star Wars” films in which Fisher played Princess Leia. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Carrie Fisher received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on Thursday, a May the Fourth tribute to a beloved “Star Wars” actor that had a touch of stardust. The star’s daughter, Billie Lourd, wearing her mother’s portrait printed on her metallic dress, accepted the star on behalf of Fisher. She threw glitter, her mother’s favorite, on the newly unveiled star. Several in the crowd were dressed as characters from the franchise and C-3P0 and R2-D2 were present for the unveiling. Lourd shouted “Never forget the droids!” on a wet day that gave way to sun.

President Joe Biden listens as Vice President Kamala Harris speaks in the Rose Garden of the White House in Washington, Monday, May 1, 2023, about National Small Business Week. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

WASHINGTON (AP) — Vice President Kamala Harris has met with the heads of Google, Microsoft and two other companies developing artificial intelligence. President Joe Biden briefly dropped by the meeting in the White House’s Roosevelt Room and told the CEOs, “What you’re doing has enormous potential and enormous danger.” The Biden administration is rolling out initiatives meant to ensure the rapidly evolving AI technology improves lives without putting at risk people’s rights and safety. The Democratic administration announced a $140 million investment to establish seven AI research institutes. The White House Office of Management and Budget intends to issue guidance in the next few months on how federal agencies can use AI tools.

FILE – A penumbral lunar eclipse is seen from Lahore, Pakistan, on Feb. 11, 2017. Late Friday, May 5, 2023, into Saturday, May 6, stargazers in Asia and Australia were treated to a penumbral lunar eclipse, where the moon got only a bit darker and did not exhibit the hallmarks of a total lunar eclipse. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudhry, File)

The year’s first lunar eclipse is underway, and the best viewing is in Asia and Australia. The four-hour eclipse began late Friday or early Saturday, depending on the location, as Earth passed between the moon and the sun. This is an eclipse where the moon slips into the fringes of Earth’s shadow, missing the darkest, innermost part. The slight dimming of the moon might not even be noticeable. The next lunar eclipse in October will put on a better show.

FILE – Algae floats in the water at the Maumee Bay State Park marina in Lake Erie in Oregon, Ohio, Sept. 15, 2017. Ohio’s environmental regulators will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s. The deadline is part of settlement agreement approved by a federal judge on Thursday, May 4, 2023. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

TOLEDO, Ohio (AP) — Ohio will have until the end of June to finish a plan to aimed at combating toxic algae blooms that have flourished in Lake Erie since the late 1990s. The deadline is part of settlement agreement approved by a federal judge on Thursday. The consent decree also calls for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to either approve the plan or come up with its own if it determines the state’s proposal isn’t strong enough. The agreement brings an end to a lawsuit seeking to force mandatory pollution rules for the lake following algae outbreaks that have fouled drinking water.